The primary female sex hormones, estrogens, are responsible for the control of functions of
the female reproductive system, as well as the development of secondary sexual …

1. Glucocorticoids are widely used for the suppression of inflammation in chronic
inflammatory diseases such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease …

I. Introduction II. 9S Receptors A. Estrogen receptors (ERs) B. Progesterone receptors (PRs)
C. Androgen receptors (ARs) D. Glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) E. Mineralocorticoid …

I. Introduction IN 1953 lohn Morris, an obstetrician at Yale University, reported a series of 82
individuals (80 cases collated from the literature and two cases of his own) who had a …

Glucocorticoids are potent immunosuppressive drugs, but their mechanism is poorly
understood. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), a regulator of immune system and inflammation …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), comprises 60% of the total cell membrane and interacts
directly or indirectly with several cell organelles ie, Golgi bodies, mitochondria and …

It tookalmost aquarterof acenturyfrom the earliest indication that steroid hormones play a
role in transcriptional control, triggered by the observation by Ulrich Clever of …

I. Introduction S TEROID hormones are essential constituents of the intercellular
communication system that maintains homeostasis in higher organisms. Glucocorticoids, a …

Objective.—To reexamine the conclusions of the 1991 National Institutes of Health
Consensus Panel on Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life in light of current …

We have investigated the ability of dexamethasone to regulate interleukin-1β (IL-1β)-
induced gene expression, histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) …